Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-20
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

Death of Charles Il. Meyers Treas
urer OF Lincoln COunty-Daniel
Schwartz Rum Over and Killed
at Gold HIll-David Bertrand Han
stantiy Killed as the ChOllai
Shaft-A Shocking, aud Perhaps
Fatal Accident 60 n wood Team.
ster Named Jacobini.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l
VIRGINIA CITY, May 49, special to
the Enterprise from Phoebe. says Charles
F. Meyers, Treasurer Of Lincoln county,
was found dead, reclining in a chair In his
office this morning. He apparently died
while asleep from rheumatism Of the heart.
six or eight hours before he was found
dead. He had been expecting death,
though walking about the streets, but
would allow no one to remain with him
at night. He was a member Of the Me-
vada Assembly in '85. Postmaster at
Phoebe in the bonanza days, a pioneer,
and known throughout the Coast. His
accounts were found to be correct.
Daniel Schwartz was run over and
killed in the Virginia & Truckee railroad
yard at Gold Hill this afternoon. He had
just delivered q load OF wood to Smith &
Co., which he brought from Dayton.
After settlement with that firm Schwartz
stepped out Of the Office to CROSS the track
when he WAS struck by an empty freight
car which was being side tracked by the
switch engine, the wheels OF one truck,
passing over his left leg, crushing 1t from
the thigh to the ankle. Schwartz was
placed under chlorform for the purpose of
amputating the limb. He survived the
amputation but died soon afterwards. He
was 9 native of Germany, GA years Of age.
He leaves a wife and four children resid-
ing in Silver City. He was hard OF hear
ing, and the superstition is that he did not
hear the cars or the ringing Of the bell.
Last night about 10 O'Clock, David Ber-
trand was instantly killed at the Chollsr
shaft. by falling from the 800 to the 1000
foot level. 1t appears he WAS precipitsted
into the shaft by a mlsstep. He had been
foreman at that mine, and AT the Combi-
nation shaft for some years. He was a
native of Canada, about "a years OF age.
When brought to the surface his body did
not show any very severe bruises. He
leaves a wife and three children.
A shocking. and probably fatal, acci.
dent occurred to an italian wood team
ster yesterday afternoon on the road be-
tween Como and Dayton. No one seems
to know the mans name. Some called
him Jacobs, and others jacob and ia
cobini. 1t appears that in coming down
the steep grade he lost his brake, as the
teamsters say. In other words, he put
out his foot for his brake and missed it,
and in consequence he pitched forward
over the end of the wagon among the ami
mails OF the team. One Of these, a mule.
began kicking, and before the man could
be rescued his head and face were cut and
bruised in 6 shocking manner. DR.. Fan
gerlee, of this city, who attended the
wounded man, SAYS one of his eyes was
hanging down on his cheek. He had a
frightful cut across the forehead, and the
lower part of his face about the chin
seemed all knocked to pieces. The doctor
says the man may recover, but he viii
have to get over a great number OF cuts
and bruises. The great danger. as the
doctor thinks, is from erysipelas, the
wounds not being of themselves OF q ma
| ture TO produce death.